Dear Colleagues,

The recent literature has focused a lot of attention into the notion of sustainable financial markets. One aspect of sustainable financial markets is predictability and a stable environment where financial decision-making results in sustainable operations. An equally important aspect is that investors should be well informed when making their decisions but they should also take into consideration other aspects than the purely financial one. Such aspects involve materially relevant environmental, social and governance factors. Sustainable investments are attracting increasing attention but at the same time the market seems to remain unaffected. However, business practices also seem to conform more and more to ecological considerations, inter-generational and intra-generational distributional issues, and related problems.

The purpose of the Special Issue is to consider different methodological and empirical approaches to the problem of sustainable financial markets. A central issue is how sustainability can be defined and tested and what does it mean in the context of financial markets. What does it mean to be involved in socially responsible investing? What does it mean to improve transparency and information in financial markets including banking, mutual funds, and related areas? What is the role of monetary policy, interest rates and instability in financial markets, including the possibility of bubbles and / or Ponzi schemes?

Prof. Mike Tsionas
Guest Editor

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• sustainable financial markets
• information transparency
• stability